How Automation and Artificial Intelligence Work Together to Spur Innovation

How Automation and Artificial Intelligence Work Together to Spur Innovation

According to experts, 2016 may finally be the year that artificial intelligence comes into its own — not in the science fiction “robots will take over humanity” sense, but in a much more practical and useful way. AI is already excellent at problem-solving — when it comes to finding patterns, it can usually solve a problem much faster than its human counterpart. For the most part, though, AI still very limited in scope, and the dreams of a general intelligence are still far off. To some, AI being able to execute nearly any task that humans can perform today may sound like a worst-case scenario. But, in actuality, this future will bring about a new era of creativity and innovation. While AI may be able to execute the majority of logic-based…